Ernie laughed. "I think I'll manage without, but I appreciate the offer. Though, out of curiosity, if I wanted to, which one of them would you subject me to?" He smirked slightly.
"Being an only child is nice, in some respects though. Don't have to share everything. I get to be as greedy and selfish as I want to be." Not that he was, of course. Far from it. Greedy and selfish weren't really an aspect of his personality.
"I'd much rather just talk to you when I'm lonely, then have to develop whole new relationship anyway."